"voluntarism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: voluntarisms [plural]
Etymology: From voluntary + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|voluntary|ism}} voluntary + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} voluntarism (countable and uncountable, plural voluntarisms)
  1. (US) A reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end; volunteerism. Tags: US, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-voluntarism-en-noun-0I62~EdV Categories (other): American English
  2. (philosophy) A doctrine that assigns the most dominant position to the will rather than the intellect. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-voluntarism-en-noun-p21RqloT Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  3. (politics) The political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-voluntarism-en-noun-XqH6oxnj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 12 58 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 35 19 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 7 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 5 65 Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: voluntarist, voluntaristic Related terms: voluntaryism

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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